filigree
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Inside a converted chocolate factory outside of Milan, a master goldsmith sat at a workstation, shaping a strip of metal into filigree so fine it resembled lace.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
For all the political filigree, “The Regime” boils down to a love story of sorts between Elena and Herbert, and the stripped gears of their shifting power dynamic.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2024
Your eye is drawn to the dazzling, filigree lace around the neck of the young woman.
From BBC • Sep. 22, 2023
The Shang piece is surprisingly realistic but also elegantly decorative, covered in complex filigree.
From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2023
His age is betrayed only by the creases across his brow and a proud, deeply pitted nose, over which a purple filigree of veins unfolds like a finely wrought tattoo.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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Beowulf
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